Ever seen the film Amorres Perros? That is the world of Mexico I think of when I hear this band: bleak,desolate,corroding and melancholy in it's decay. They are the voice of the poor and downtrodden in Mexico City come to a violent life, uncensored in their portrayal of domestic abuse,corruption,murder,perversion,and in general the decay of the human fabric day by day. Cold dance rhythms line up against terrorizing vocals in distortion and horror movie rhythms taken out of the corroded pueblos of Mexico City. Kinda along the lines of the great Kalte Farben or Placebo Effect and that is the closest I could compare them. Many say Wumpscut,but where Wumpscut tends at times to just toss out schlock and shock like a child, these guys are as serious as an aneurysm and sincere as Anne Sexton's suicide note. To understand why Hispanics have such a high love of life, you have to understand what they came from in Mexico, and Hocico is your tour guide of terrors and a blunt lesson of this. The first track,Pandemonium,pops open with classical piano lines culled from some horror film,matching perfectly with the cover and the Legend movie sample. Instincts of Perversion,a brutal cutthroat account of spousal abuse told through the eyes of the wifebeater. Totally uncensored and seemingly reveling in a DeSade-esque guise. Wounds is my favorite track, the kind of song violent uprisings are made of,which I think it calls for. Sample lyric: "I'll be here by your side to raise this gun,this gun in my hand/Nation I feel kind of away,now time to reclaim what is our's" in reference to revolution the old fashioned way, most presumably by the underclass. If there ever is an uprising in Mexico you'll be hearing this blaring on the speakers without a doubt. Forgotten Tears is also another solid song, a song about dying forgotten in the streets and shantytowns of that area,which seems all too common. What I miss is their Spanish tracks like "Espinas en mal", which for a change show how emotive the language can be. Hehe can this be the new face of the Latin hearthrobs? Not fucking likely and that's why we love them! I have said it before and I will say it again as a newer fan of their's: they have revived my faith in industrial completely. Dismantled too. See these pissed off Hombres de la Mal on tour starting in November and I'm there with you! Just don't get too close or you may faint from the bile. Rating: It's Hocico,that's my rating! I had them play this on the dance floor a couple of times,and all the teenie goths there hit the dirt! Try it sometime!